Mistress of Dragons

Written by Margaret Weis

Narrated by Gigi Marceau-Clark

From Margaret Weis, The New York Times bestselling co-author of the Dragonlance, Dark Sword, and Deathgate series, comes her first solo fantasy novel set in an all-new, sure-to-be-bestselling world, the Dragonvald.

Mistress of Dragons, Book 1 of The Dragonvald Trilogy is a tale of world-building, magic, and political intrigue where the uneasy balance of power between dragons and humans is about to become undone.

For ages dragons have interfered in the ways of humans, their wrath held at bay by the Amazonian order of priestesses and their mysterious Mistress of Dragons. But now the order has come undone, violated by men, and a mad scramble of intrigue, magic, and lineage ensues . . . revealing the dark secret behind the arcane Parliament of Dragons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: May 1, 2003
• ISBN: 9781593973179

Margaret Weis

Margaret Weis is a New York Times bestselling author. Her Dragonlance® series has sold over twenty million copies worldwide, and the first book in thatseries, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, is being made into an animated film by Paramount Pictures. Warrior Angel is her first venture into romance, and it has been an exciting one. She has particularly enjoyed writing with her daughter, Lizz Weis, a former novel editor.

Reviews for Mistress of Dragons

[amkitty-511462 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Fairly predictable. The most jarring moment, for me, was realizing someone didn’t pay attention: the set-up included an abbey (labeled a “monastery” throughout the book, but okay) where 25 women serve the Dragon Mistress. Sixteen of them are virgins - think priestesses of Diana - and there are nine who serve a reproductive purpose. These are referred to by their sisters as “cows.” But that’s a whole ‘nother problem with the story. Later in the story, “breeding night” includes twelve women selected to have babies. That discrepancy is just sloppy editing. I’ll give the second book a look to see if it improves.

[harpua_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Margaret Weis may well be considered the Queen of the modern era of fantasy at least by me that is as I cut my teeth reading the Dragonlance series which really made me realized that I enjoyed reading this kind of stuff. Here she cuts out on her own and creates a new fantasy world. In Mistress of Dragons, we see the political intrigue usually reserved for humans, applied to the Dragons. Nice concept and while I did enjoy this novel for the typical fantasy fair (I'm a sucker for novels with dragons in them), I think it probably could have been done better. I kept waiting for something to really grab my attention and let me know that this novel is going to be something special. Maybe that will come in books 2 or 3 of the trilogy if I stick around that long. I enjoyed it enough to continue on in the trilogy, but will withhold final judgement until I've finished the series.

[gilroy_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book begins a trilogy of books dealing with the land of Seth and the realm of dragons. A woman in Seth claims the title of Mistress of Dragons, showing her ability to propell invading dragons from the realm. The dragons suspect that this is a ruse for another problem that they've tried to deal with for several centuries, but they need a human to do their dirty work. They send the Walker, Draconus, on a quest with the king of a local city to find out what is going on. They stumble across a plot that breaks the very laws of dragon kind. I enjoyed the book, the concept that this presented. Ms Weis gave us a strong land, well thought out characters and prepared us for an adventure through the land. The primary characters tend to fall into two categories of D&D lore: Lawful Good (The King) and Chaotic Neutral (Draconus). It flowed well and seemed to not have issues within the text.From the audio, this reader has a soothing voice, which allowed me better access to the story. With only one person reading the entire book, listening to the discs didn't cause issues when they switched from one chapter to the next.

[buckeyeaholic · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I must say I was delightfully surprised by this one. Hang in there past the first chapter. I'm very glad I did. BEWARE: For those 'sensitive souls'...there is a lesbian (just brushed on, nothing graphic, no details) & a brief rape (not much in the way of graphic/detail there either). BUT...they play an integral part in the story. It doesn't get graphic in either topic. The worst it gets is when she mentions her lover (that's all) & the rape takes a whole minute out of the book. They didn't bother me at all but I thought I would warn you as some people may be disturbed by these things. I don't think it's listed as YA (maybe it is) but I don't think I would have a problem if my older (like 16+) wanted to read it.

[ragwaine · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not good enough to continue reading the series.